# Is job shop management software worth the investment for a 10 to 20 person fabrication shop?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hi G2, I’m researching whether job shop management software is worth the investment for a 10 to 20 person fabrication shop. Paperless Parts, ProShop, and MRPeasy surfaced most often, though the value appears in different parts of the workflow.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Looking across the<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/job-shop-management"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/job-shop-management">job shop management</a> category, the strongest ROI themes are faster quoting and clearer visibility.</p><ol>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/paperless-parts/reviews"><strong>Paperless Parts</strong></a> helps small shops standardize quoting and reduce turnaround time. Reviewers describe moving away from one-person spreadsheet processes and producing more polished customer quotes.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/proshop/reviews"><strong>ProShop</strong></a> replaces several disconnected systems and removes paper travelers. The tradeoff is a more involved onboarding process that requires team buy-in.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/mrpeasy/reviews"><strong>MRPeasy</strong></a> offers production planning, inventory tracking, and quick onboarding at a price reviewers describe as accessible for small manufacturers.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/katana-cloud-inventory/reviews"><strong>Katana Cloud Inventory</strong></a> is a lighter option for inventory and basic production tracking when a full ERP would be excessive.</li>
</ol><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For shops that made the switch, which benefit showed up first in real hours saved: quoting, scheduling, or job visibility?</p>

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## Comments
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Honestly the ROI question didn&#39;t click for us until we looked at how long quotes were taking. Our estimator was spending like half his day on spreadsheets and still sending stuff that looked rough compared to what bigger shops were sending out. Once that got cleaned up, everything downstream kind of followed. I don&#39;t think there&#39;s a universal answer but quoting was where we felt it first.

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